US Health Care Costs

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Without C.d.e. with Cc in New Jersey

MS-DRG 418: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy without c.d.e. with cc

$93,451typical hospital bill
$15,088typical amount paid
$12,801–$19,420range paid across 22 hospitals

New Jersey hospitals billed Medicare a typical $93,451 for this stay in 2024, about 6.2 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Riverview Medical CenterRed Bank12$109,458$12,801
West Jersey HospitalVoorhees42$159,501$13,241
Chilton Medical CenterPompton Plains12$105,787$13,693
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - SomersetSomerville11$123,175$13,783
Community Medical CenterToms River30$85,086$13,814
Valley HospitalParamus40$83,629$14,168
University Medical Center of Princeton at PlainsboroPlainsboro12$93,919$14,232
Southern Ocean Medical CenterManahawkin11$83,331$14,348
Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City CampusAtlantic City13$109,052$14,873
JFK University Medical CenterEdison18$111,093$14,993
Jersey Shore University Medical CenterNeptune30$128,452$15,082
Centrastate Medical CenterFreehold22$67,270$15,095
Inspira Medical Center Mullica HillElmer16$89,127$15,745
Jefferson Stratford HospitalStratford13$130,751$16,011
Ocean Medical CenterBrick35$100,213$16,336
Inspira Medical Center VinelandVineland12$91,996$16,365
Englewood Hospital and Medical CenterEnglewood13$87,879$17,523
Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack18$109,086$17,545
Cooper University HospitalCamden11$91,045$17,663
Monmouth Medical CenterLong Branch11$89,332$18,211
Overlook Medical CenterSummit13$92,983$18,309
Morristown Medical CenterMorristown27$92,473$19,420

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.